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The  procession  will  leave  the  Library  at  half-past  three  o'clock  and 
proceed  to  the  site  of  the  Hall  of  Fame  for  Women.  The  tablets  will  be 
unveiled  in  the  order  given,  with  a  brief  dedication  by  the  chairman  of  each 
delegation  of  the  participating  societies.  The  procession  will  then  leave  the 
Colonnade  at  the  Authors'  Corner  and  move  to  the  pavilion  on  the  West 
Lawn  where  the  orations  of  the  day  will  be  delivered. 

Band  Concert,  Pavilion,  West  Lawn,  3  p.  m. 


^Procession 

The  Chancellor  of  the  University  and  Speaker 

Officers  of  the  Senate  and  Speakers 
Senior  Professor  of  the  Senate  and  Chaplain  of  the  Day 

Members  of  the  University  Senate  and  Electors  of  the  Hall  of 

Fame 

Members   of   the   University   Council   and   Officers   of   the 
Federal,  State  and  City  Governments 

Delegates  of  the  Societies  participating  in  the  Unveiling  of 

Tablets 

Delegates  of  Military  Organizations 

Members  of  the  Faculties  of  New  York  University 

Delegates  of  Students  of  New  York  University 


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Unveiling  of  Tablets 

Hall  of  Fame  for  Women 
HARRIET  BEECHER  STOWE  1811-1896 

New  York  Colony,  National  Society  of  New  England  Women 

Mrs.  Frances  Sedgwick  Smith,  National  Vice-president  (Hon 
orary  Chairman),  Mrs.  John  Francis  Yawger,  Chairman,  Mrs. 
George  Perkins  Lawton,  Miss  Sarah  Palmer,  Mrs.  Henry  M. 
McDewell,  Mrs.  Arthur  Bridges,  Mrs.  J.  P.  Marshall,  Mrs. 
George  F.  Andrews,  Mrs.  L.  Barry,  Mrs.  Albert  Bickmorc, 
Miss  Helen  B.  Blake,  Mrs.  Warren  Higley,  Miss  M.  Helen 
Hicks,  Mrs.  Horace  Ely. 

FRANCES  ELIZABETH  WILLARD  1839-1898 

National  Women's  Christian  Temperance  Union 

Miss  Anna  Gordon,  President  (Honorary  Chairman),  Mrs. 
Ella  A.  Boole,  Vice-president-at-large,  Chairman,  Mrs.  D. 
Leigh  Colvin,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Wicks,  Mrs.  Sadie  A.  Hall,  Mrs. 
John  Dayton,  Miss  May  L.  Powless,  Miss  Margaret  Sloat, 
Mrs.  L.  M.  DeSilva,  Mrs.  Mary  B.  Wilson,  Mrs.  Martha  W. 
Allen,  Mrs.  H.  S.  Pritchard,  Mrs.  Anna  P.  George. 

CHARLOTTE  SAUNDERS  CUSHMAN  1816-1876 

Stage  Women  of  America 
Miss  Julia  Arthur 

ALICE  FREEMAN  PALMER  1855-1902 

Wellesley  College  Alumnae  Association 

Dr.  Caroline  Hazard,  Past  President  of  Wellesley  College 
(Honorary  Chairman),  Mrs.  Henry  H.  Bonnell,  President, 
Professor  Katharine  Lee  Bates,  Chairman,  Mrs.  George  Bacon 
Wbod,  Mrs.  E.  Griffith  Parsley,  Mrs.  Frank  Mason  North, 
Mrs.  Sumner  B.  Peariman,  Miss  Elsie  Goddard,  Mrs.  George 
R.  Camp. 


Statesmen  s  Corner 
ALEXANDER  HAMILTON  1757-1804 

The  Women's  National  Republican  Club 

Mrs.  Arthur  L.  Livermore,  President,  Chairman,  Mrs. 
Charles  H.  Sabin,  Miss  Helen  Varick  Boswell,  Mrs.  Horatio 
Shonnard,  Mrs.  Courtlandt  Nicoll,  Mrs.  William  H.  Ives, 
Mrs.  Travis  H.  Whitney. 

ANDREW  JACKSON  1767-1845 

The  New  York  Southern  Society 

General  Samuel  MacRoberts,  Chairman,  Hon.  Barron  G. 
Collier,  Hon.  Adolphus  Ragan. 

PATRICK  HENRY  1736-1799 

Sons  of  the  Revolution,  State  of  New  York 

Robert  Olyphant,  President,  Chairman,  James  Mortimer  Mont 
gomery,  General  President,  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  Hon.  Henry 
Galbraith  Ward. 

Jurists 
RUFUS  CHOATE  1799-1859 

American  Bar  Association 
Charles  A.  Boston,  Esq. 

Septimi 
DANIEL  BOONE  1735-1820 

Boy  Scouts  of  America 

Daniel  Carter  Beard,  National  Scout  Commissioner  ( Honorary 
Chairman),  James  E.  West,  Chief  Scout  Executive,  Chairman, 
James  A.  Beard,  Scout  Executive,  and  William  B.  Kelly,  Scout 
Master,  of  Manhattan,  with  Scouts  Will  Miller,  Royal  Mont 
gomery,  Jack  Holl,  Lawrence  Collier,  Edward  Holt,  Charles 
Towfe ;  William  A.  Stumpp,  Scout  Executive,  and  Edmund  D. 
Whelan,  Scout  Master,  of  the  Bronx,  with  Scouts  John  Tigue, 
Harry  Tike,  Jack  Stack,  George  Roland,  Harold  Powers,  Nor 
man  Cook;  C.  A.  Worden,  Scout  Executive,  and  Martin  B. 
Freeman,  Scout  Master,  of  Queens,  with  Eagle  Scouts  Herbert 
Jacobi,  Edwin  Jacobi,  Lewis  Elmore,  and  Star  Scouts  Wilton 
Rea,  Elmer  Wheeler,  Thomas  Sullivan ;  A.  F.  Murphy,  Scout 
Executive,  and  Harry  C.  Otten,  Scout  Master,  of  Kings,  with 
Scouts  Charles  Tilgner,  Albert  Reinhart,  Charles  Graham, 
Louis  Busig,  George  Davy,  Robert  Laviner. 


AUGUSTUS  SAINT-GAUDENS  1848-1907 

American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Letters 

Dr.  William  Milligan  Sloane,  President,  Chairman,  Dr. 
Brander  Matthews,  Chancellor,  Mr.  Hamlin  Garland,  Acting 
Secretary,  Dr.  Nicholas  Murray  Butler,  Mr.  Augustus  Thomas, 
Mr.  Cass  Gilbert. 

National  Institute  of  Arts  and  Letters 

Hon.  Robert  Grant,  President  (Honorary  Chairman),  Pro 
fessor  Jefferson  B.  Fletcher,  Secretary,  Chairman,  Mr.  Robert 
I.  Aitkin,  Dr.  Walter  Damrosch,  Mr.  Charles  Dana  Gibson, 
Professor  Ashley  H.  Thorndike,  Professor  John  C.  Van  Dyke, 
Hon.  William  Allen  White,  Mr.  Arnold  W.  Brunner. 


JAMES  BUCHANAN  EADS  1820-1887 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

George  S.  Webster,  Chairman,  Onward  Bates,  Major  General 
Lansing  H.  Beach,  John  F.  Coleman,  Ralph  Modjeski,  F.  S. 
Curtis,  George  H.  Pegram,  Francis  Lee  Stuart,  E.  E.  Wall. 


Scientists 
WILLIAM  THOMAS  GREEN  MORTON  1819-1868 

American  Medical  Association 
Dr.  William  H.  Welch 

Massachusetts  General  Hospital 
Dr.  F.  A.  Washburn,  Superintendent 

LOUIS  AGASSIZ  1807-1873 

American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science 

Charles  D.  Davenport,  Chairman,  Dr.  Henry  F.  Osborn,  Pro 
fessor  Edmund  B.  Wilson. 

JOSEPH  HENRY  1799-1878 

American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers 

Professor  Walter   I.   Slichter,  Chairman,  Clayton   H.   Sharp, 
Edward  B.  Craft. 


ELIAS  HOWE  1819-1867 

National  Institute  of  Inventors 

Thomas  Howard,  Chairman,  Captain  John  M.  Deemer, 
William  A.  Donaldson,  Chester  Clark,  Frederick  W.  Davey, 
Major  Howard  Elliott,  G.  J.  Houtain,  Charles  G.  Brooks, 
Nathan  Langer,  R.  Nerenstone,  Jacob  Greenspun,  Ambrose 
Ryder,  Miss  E.  P.  MacLaughlin,  William  W.  Lapoint,  John 
S.  Seymour,  ex-Commissioner  of  Patents. 

Teachers'  Section 
ROGER  WILLIAMS  1607-1684 

The  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society 

Howard  M.  Chapin,  lineal  descendant  of  Roger  Williams,  and 
Mrs.  Chapin. 

PHILLIPS  BROOKS  1835-1893 

The  Right  Reverend  William  Thomas  Manning,  Bishop  of  the 
Diocese  of  New  York. 

MARK  HOPKINS  1802-1887 

Williams  College  Alumni 

Dr.  Harry  Augustus  Garfield,  President  of  Williams  College, 
Chairman,  Colonel  Archibald  Hopkins,  Hon.  Alfred  C.  Chapin, 
Dr.  Harry  Pratt  Judson,  President  of  the  University  of  Chi 
cago,  Dean  Edward  A.  Birge,  University  of  Wisconsin,  Hon. 
Arthur  H.  Masten,  Benjamin  Prince,  Hon.  Frederick  Geller, 
Dr.  Henry  Lefavour,  President  of  Simmons  College,  Herbert 
J.  Brown,  Hon.  Bentley  W.  Warren,  Hon.  J.  Addison  Young, 
William  T.  Sidley,  Hon.  Charles  C.  Nott,  Jr.,  John  S.  Shep- 
pard,  Willard  Evans  Hoyt,  Hon.  Clark  Williams,  Franklin  H. 
Mills,  Lt.  Col.  George  F.  Perkins,  Edmonds  Perry,  Frederic 
T.  Wood,  Max  B.  Berking,  Lt.  Col.  Charles  W.  Whittlesey, 
Hon.  Solomon  B.  Griffin,  Dr.  Frederick  C.  Ferry,  President  of 
Hamilton  College. 

^Authors''  Corner 
JAMES  FENIMORE  COOPER  1789-1851 

The  Museum  of  the  American  Indian,  Heye  Foundation 

George  G.  Heye,  Director  (Honorary  Chairman),  Frederic  K. 
Seward,  Chairman,  George  H.  Pepper,  Dr.  William  R.  Blackie. 


JOHN  LOTHROP  MOTLEY  1814-1877 

The  Massachusetts  Historical  Society 
Dr.'  William   Roscoe  Thayer,   Chairman,    Hon.   Elihu   Root. 


SAMUEL  LANGHORNE  CLEMENS  1835-1910 

American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Letters 

Dr.  William  Milligan  Sloane,  President,  Chairman,  Dr. 
Brander  Matthews,  Chancellor,  Mr.  Hamlin  Garland,  Acting 
Secretary,  Dr.  Nicholas  Murray  Butler,  Mr.  Augustus  Thomas, 
Mr.  Cass  Gilbert. 

National  Institute  of  Arts  and  Letters 

Hon.  Robert  Grant,  President  (Honorary  Chairman),  Pro 
fessor  Jefferson  B.  Fletcher,  Secretary,  Chairman,  Mr.  Robert 
I.  Aitkin,  Dr.  Walter  Damrosch,  Mr.  Charles  Dana  Gibson, 
Professor  Ashley  H.  Thorndike,  Professor  John  C.  Van  Dyke, 
Hon.  William  Allen  White,  Mr.  Arnold  W.  Brunner. 


EDGAR  ALLAN  POE  1809-1849 

Bronx  Society  of  Arts  and  Sciences 

William  White  Niles,  Chairman,  DeaA  Archibald  L.  Bouton, 
Dr.  Hugo  C.  M.  Wendel,  William  Stebbins  Smith,  Charles 
W.  Stoughton,  Reginald  P.  Bolton. 

The  Poe  Cottage  Committee 

Mrs.  Charles  F.  Dickey,  Miss  Elizabeth  Cowan,  Miss  Mary 
Wray,  Mrs.  William  White  Niles. 


FRANCIS  PARKMAN  1 823-1 893 

The  Massachusetts  Historical  Society 
Dr.  William   Roscoe  Thayer,   Chairman,   Hon.   Elihu   Root. 


GEORGE  BANCROFT  1800-1891 

The  Massachusetts  Historical  Society 

Dr.   William   Roscoe  Thayer,   Chairman,    Hon.   Elihu   Root. 

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WILLIAM  CULLEN  BRYANT  1794-1878 

The  Century  Association 
Hon.  Elihu  Root,  President 


OLIVER  WENDELL  HOLMES  1809-1894 

The  Poetry  Society  of  America 

Mrs.  Edwin  Markham,  Chairman,  William  Griffith,  Louise 
Hackney,  Louise  Townsend  Nicholl,  Clement  Wood,  Edward 
J.  Wheeler,  Estelle  Duclo,  May  Riley  Smith,  Amy  Lowell, 
C.  P.  Meadowcroft,  Eleanor  Cox,  Conant  Isabelle  Fiske,  G.  J. 
Smith,  Mrs.  G.  J.  Smith,  Leonora  Spe^er,  Charles  Hanson 
Towne,  Blanche  S.  Wagstaff,  Willard*  Wattles,  John  Hall 
WTheelock,  Professor  George  M.  Whicher,  Margaret  Widemer,  * 
Marguerite  Wilkinson,  Florence  Wilkinson  Evans,  Don  Mar 
quis,  Anna  Branch,  Daniel  Henderson,  John  M.  Farrar,  Pro 
fessor  John  Erskine,  Mrs.  Gertrude  McGiffertspf,  > 

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Chancellor  Elmer  Ellsworth  Brown,  Presiding 
INVOCATION  Rev.  George  Alexander,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

Minister  First  Presbyterian  Church 

ORATION— "Fame"  Henry  van  Dyke,  D.C.L.  (Oxon.) 

Music 

ORATION— "Inspiration"  -  William  Milligan  Sloane,  Ph.D.,  L.H.D.,  LL.D. 

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